Frame or ring.



PATENTED SEPT. 22, 1903.

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HENRY J. GAISMAN, OF NEW'YORK, N. Y.

FRAME OR RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,597, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed April 12. 1897. Serial No. 631,757. (No model.)

To 02% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. GAISMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frames or Rings, of which the following is a specification.

In covering buckle frames or rings according to the ordinary method, as known to me,

the leather is washed and rubbed in order to make it thoroughly pliable. Paste or glue is then applied to the leather and the latter placed upon the frame or ring and secured, which entails a great amount of work in or der to properly shape the leather around the corners or curves of the frame, as the leather must be drawn and stretched and the wrinkles smoothed out, all of which requires manual labor. The wet leather on the frame not infrequently causes rust-spots to appear in the leather covering. When this occurs, the leather is washed in acid, which frequently destroys the original color of the leather, as well as the particular design or grain thereof.

According to my invention a great amount of material for the cover is saved, a quickdrying glue or paste can be used, and under some conditions none need be used, which prevents rust from forming on the-frame or ring and attacking the leather.

The object of the invention is to provide a covered frame or ring which is made of wire and shaped after the covering is applied.

The invention consists in the novel details of improvement hereinafter set forth, and

y then pointed out in' the claims.

Reference is to be'had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein-- Figure l is a side view of a wire or rod, showing one manner of forming the covering. Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof. Fig. 3 is a side view of the covering formed as in Fig. 1, shown placed upon a wire or red of smaller diameter than illustrated in Fig. 1, showing the manner of producing the protruding edge of the cover. Fig. 4. is a cross-section thereof. Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to Fig. 2, but illustrating a difierent manner of wrapping the cover around the wire or rod. Fig. 6 is a view corresponding to Fig. 4., but illustrating the wrapping of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a partlysectional face view of a circular frame or ring I constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 8 is a partly-sectional face view of a rectangular frame constructed in accordance with my invention.v Fig. 9 is a partly-sectional face view of a buckle embodying my invention, and Fig. 10 is a partly-sectional face view of a covered buckle having a wire frame.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views, A indicates a wire or rod of suitable diameter and which is used as a former, around which wire or rod a covering 13, of leather, fabric, or other flexible material, is wound, the overlap ping edges of which covering are preferably glued, pasted, or cemented together. In Figs.

1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 the cover Bis shown as wound 7o The wire or rod A is next the inner wall or side of the cover, so that there will be a portion or surplus of the latter projecting outwardly from said wire or rod 0.

The walls of the protruding portion of the cover are then pressed or brought together,

forming the web B as shown in Figs. 4. and

6, which walls may be secured together by stitches b, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or by gluing or cementing the contiguous surfaces, as in Fig. 6, or both. In either Figs. 4 or 6 stitches, glue, or paste may be used to hold the protruding sides or walls of the web B together. The wire or rod 0 in Figs. 1 to 6 will thus be closely bound by the cover B, and the outer edge of the web B will be integral or continuous, in contradistinction to 5 the practice of having two independent longitudinal edges of a cover brought together, leaving an unfinished or raw edge. The wire or rod 0 thereafter becomes the founda* tion or strengthening part of the completed roe structure.

The wire or rod 0, having a cover secured upon it, may be bent into any suitable shape to form the frame or ring desired. In Fig. 7

I have shown the wire or rod 0, with its in= closing cover B, in the form of a ring orannular frame, which is made by properly bending the wire or rod and its surrounding cover. To make a nicely-finished joint at the ends of cover B, I cause one end of the cover to overlap the other, as shown. To accomplish this, I may place a wire or rod 0 of proper length to form the frame Within a cover B of a suitably greater length, then bend the wire to the proper shape, swell out one endof the cover, and insert its'otherend therein. The ends of the wire may be soldered or held by a band G or otherwise secured together. If the cover B is originally applied to a wire or rod 0 in long lengths, shorter lengths may be out therefrom suitable for the frame or ring desired and then a short piece may be cut from the end of the wire without correspondingly cutting the cover, (which for the purpose may be pushed back along the wire or rod a suitable distance,) and after the ends of the wire are brought together one end of the cover can be placed within the opposite end, as before explained. It is evident, however, that the ends of the cover can be caused to abut, if desired.

In Fig. 8 I have shown a rectangular frame constructed and covered substantially in accordance with the description pertaining to Fig. 7. The frames shown in Figs. '7 and 8 may serve to connect the straps or webs of a waist-belt. The same arrangement of wire or rod and its cover B may be used in a buckle. (See Fig. 9.) For this purpose the wire or rod 0 and the surrounding cover B are bent simultaneously to proper shape to form the outer rim D and the cross-bar E, to which latter bar a tongue F can be suitably connected. Of course the buckle-frame can have any other suitable shape. The ends of the wire or rod 0 may be secured together or not, as desired.

So far as forming a frame of wire having a cover upon it is concerned the form of covering shown in Figs. 1 to 9 may be altered. In Fig. 10 I have shown a buckle-frame formed of wire 0, having a cover B of suitable material, laid around it, the edges of said cover being laid parallel and stitched or gummed together. The cover is secured around the wire before it is bent, and then the wire and cover are simultaneously bent to the desired shape. F is atongue, and Gisasleeve, shown surrounding the ends of the Wire or rod Oand the cover and which may be used with any of the frames mentioned.

By means of my improvements a covered frame or ring can be made at a comparatively low cost, one reason for which is the cheapness of wire and the ability to readily shape it; furthermore, because long lengths of wire can be quickly covered and cut into proper lengths from which to make the covered frames; also, it is more convenient and cheaper to sew long lengths of thecover, as at 21, than it is to sew around the outside of each frame after having drawn and shaped the cover around the frame according to the old practice. When the cover is first placed upon the frame and the latter bent to shape, the cover will bend properly to follow the bends or curves of the frame without requiring extra manipulation to shape it. Thus drawing and stretching of the leather is avoided and the grain and color are preserved. Less leather is used by my invention than in the ordinary practice, as the amount of leather necessary to enable a cover to be drawn and stitched around the corners of a previouslyformed frame is greater than required to inclose a straight wire or rod.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A covered frame composed of a wire having a flexible tubular cover, a portion of the material of said cover being extended outwardly from the wire forming a web, the outer edges of which are joined by the material of the web the extended web portions of the cover being secured together, the wire being bent to the desired shape and its ends lying adjacent in alinement with each other, substantially as set forth. I

2. A covered frame composed of a wire or rod having a cover composed of a strip extending spirally around such rod, to form a tubular cover of greater size than said wire or rod, the edges of the strip being overlapped, that part of the material of the cover protruding from the wire or rod forming a web along the wire or rod, said protruding parts of the material being seen red together,substantially as set forth.

3. A covered frame composed of a wire or rod having a cover composed of a strip extending spirally around it, to form a tubular cover of greater size than said wire or rod, the edges of said strip being overlapped, that part of the material of the cover protruding from the wire or rod forming a web along the wire or rod, and a line of stitches extending parallel to the wire or rod and holding the protruding portions of the cover together, substantially as set forth. T

t. A frame or buckle composed of a wire bent to shape, a cover wound spirally on said wire to form a tubular cover of greater size than said wire, the edges of the cover being overlapped, that part of the material of the cover protruding from the wire forming a web along the wire, said protruding parts of the material being secured together, and a band surrounding the ends of the cover over the adjacent ends of the wire, substantially as set forth.

HENRY J. GAISMAN. Witnesses:

V NELLIE T. FLAHERTY,

T. F. BOURNE. 

